Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
ARTICUL-
A
Joint
2
Q
BREVI-
A
Short
3
Q
BURS-
A
Bursa (an important lubricated fluid-filled thin sac located between bone and surrounding tissue, bones and tendons, and/or muscles around joints)
4
Q
CARP-
A
Carpus
Eight bones of the wrist joint
5
Q
CUBIT-
A
Elbow
6
Q
DIGIT-
A
Finger
Toe
7
Q
FASCI-
A
(Band) fibrous membrane covering, supporting and separating muscles
8
Q
FASCICUL-
A
A little bundle, especially of nerve or muscle fibres
9
Q
FEMOR-
A
Femur
Thigh bone
10
Q
FIBR-
A
Fibre
11
Q
FIBUL-
A
Fibula
12
Q
FORAMEN
FORAMIN-
A
Passage, opening, hiatus, hole in the bone for passage of vessels or nerves
13
Q
GENU-
A
Knee
14
Q
HUMER-
A
Humerus
Upper bone of the arm
15
Q
ILI-
A
Ilium
Flank